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Old Testament Quiz 1
OT 1- 9/8/14
Name | Description |
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Adam | First man, husband of Eve. Tempted by Satan and fell. First mentioned in Gen. 2:8 |
Eve | First woman, wife of Adam, fashioned from Adam's rib. Tempted by Satan and fell. First mentioned in Gen. 2:22 |
Cain | First-born child of Adam and Eve. Tiller of the Soil. Murderer of Abel. Brought an offering of the fruit of the soil. Settled in the land of Nod. |
Abel | Second-born child of Adam and Eve, keeper of sheep. Brought to the lord the choicest of the firstlings of his flock. |
Enoch | First born son of Cain. Cain founded a city and named it after him. |
Lamech | Took two wives, Adah and Zillah. Killed a man for wounding him, and a lad for bruising him. Avenged seventy-seven fold. |
Jabal | Son of Lamech and Adah, Ancestor of those who dwell in tents and live amongst the herds. |
Jubal | Son of Lamech and Adah, Ancestor of those who play the lyre and the pipe |
Tubal-cain | Son of Lamech and Zillah, forged all implements of copper and iron. |
Seth | Third son of Adam and Eve, name means God has provided me with another offspring in place of Abel. |
Enosh | Son of Seth, It was then that men began to invoke the Lord by name. |
Noah | Righteous man, blameless in his age. Had three sons, 600 when the flood came. Had three sons. After the flood receded, offered one of every kind of the animals to the lord. Tiller of the soil, first to plant a vineyard and become drunk |
Shem | Son of Noah, blessed by Noah |
Ham | Youngest son. Son of Noah, father of Canaan. Saw Noah's nakedness, told his brothers. (Either slept with his mother, raped his father, or castrated his father.) Son cursed by Noah to be the lowest of the slaves to his brothers. |
Japeth | Son of Noah, blessed by Noah to dwell in the tents of Shem. |
Canaan | Son of Ham, cursed by Noah because of his father's deeds, to be the lowest of the slaves. |
Nimrod | Son of Cush, in the line of Ham. The first man of might on the earth. Mighty hunter by the grace of God |
Terah | Son of Nahor, in the line of Shem. Father of Abram. Went with Abram, Lot, and family from Ur to Canaan, settled in Haran |
Nahor | Second son of Terah, wife is Milcah |
Milcah | Wife of Nahor, daughter of Haran (different Haran) |
Haran | Son of Terah, had a son named Lot |
Abram | Son of Terah, first-born, husband of Sarai. Name later changed to Abraham. Told by the Lord that of him will come a great nation. |
Sarai | Wife of Abram, barren. |
Lot | Son of Haran, grandson of Terah, nephew of Abram. Went with Abram on both departures, from Ur, and from Haran. |
Chedorlaomer | King who conquered Sodom and Gomorrah, kidnapping Lot. Abram defeated him. |
King Melchizedek | King of Salem, priest, brought out bread and wine, and blessed Abram. Abram gave him a tenth of everything he had. |
King of Sodom | Offered Abram to sell his people and take their possessions. Abram refused. |
Hagar | Sarai's Egyptian maidservant, mother of Ishmael from Abram. Sarai treated her harshly after she conceived, and she fled. Angel appeared to her, told her to go back and submit, |
Moab | Son of the older daughter of Lot and Lot, father of the Moabites. |
Ben-ammi | Son of the younger daughter of Lot and Lot, father of the Ammonites. |
Abimelech | King of Gerar, and of the Philistines again took Sarah thinking her to be Abraham's sister. Almost laid with her, God stopped him, convinced God not to kill him. Gave Abraham sheep, slaves, oxen, and silver and let him settle in his land. |
Isaac | Son of Abraham and Sarah, named concerning laughing. Taken to Mount Moriah |
Ephron | A Hittite, Abraham asks to buy a cave from him to bury Sarah, Ephron tries to give it to him for free, Abraham refuses and pays him 400 shekels. |
Rebekah | Daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor and Milcah, gave water to Abraham's servant which was predicted by the Lord so as to signify Isaac's wife. |
Keturah | Abraham's second wife. Bore him 6 sons. |
Laban | Brother of Rebekah, also known as the Aramean. Gives permission for Rebekah to marry Issac in the story with the servant. |
Esau | First-born son of Rebekah and Isaac, red hair, favored by Issac for his taste in game. |
Jacob | Second-born son of Rebekah and Isaac, favored by Rebekah. Tricked Esau into selling him his birthright. |
Judith | Wife of Esau, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, a source of bitterness to Isaac and Rebekah |
Basemath | Wife of Esau, daughter of Elon the Hittite, a source of bitterness to Isaac and Rebekah |
Mahalath | Daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebaioth, Esau's third wife. When Esau saw that his Canaanite wives displeased his parents, he took her so as to make them happy. |
Rachel | Daughter of Laban, wife of Jacob, a shepherdess. Barren. Second-born daughter, Jacob served a second 7 years to marry her. |
Leah | Daughter of Laban, weak eyes, was the first-born daughter, Laban wanted her married off first, so he tricked Jacob into marrying here. |
Joseph | Only son of Rachel and Jacob, |
Dinah | The only daughter of Jacob, by Leah. Was taken by Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite. Simeon and Levi slew all of her captors |